Webinars:
CEO and Board of Directors: Who Does What?
The CEO and Board of Directors’ relationship can be pivotal for Health Center Program Grantees. This webinar outlined the roles of each key stakeholder and defined who does what. At the end of the 60 minute webinar, participant had increased their knowledge of these defined roles and were to successfully put into practice what they have learned.
Diversifying Revenue Streams in FQHCs
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has enabled millions of Americans to obtain health insurance coverage. ACA has brought to the attention to the attention of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) to strengthen their existing revenue cycle management. Many FQHCs across our nation are facing serious challenges resulting from changes in reimbursement. Health Center Programs have depended on the Prospective Payment System (PPS) rate to survive. Alternate methodologies have emerged which shift the emphasis from volume to performance, value-based compensation. This webinar will offer ideas on steps to take in order to prepare for this transition and suggestions for diversifying funding streams, implementing coding and reviewing real time performance measure reports.
Federal Housing Policy and Lead Poisoning
Protecting children from exposure to lead is important to good lifelong health. No safe blood lead level in children has been identified. Even very limited exposures to lead are hazardous to children. Lead poisoning is more common among low-income children, children of color, and those living in older housing.
The purpose of this webinar is to educate providers, Health Center Program staff and public housing authorities on housing-based primary prevention policies and strategies. This webinar will highlight lead prevention policies to identify lead hazards before children become dangerously exposed. Panelists will also discuss Health Center Programs’ approaches for lead screening and prevention.
Geographical Information Systems to Plan Health Services in Health Center Program Grantees, with a Focus on PHPCs
The use of geographic information system (GIS) technology allows Health Center Program Grantees to identify neighborhood needs and assets, explore disparities in health, compare trends within a geographic region, and prioritize the use of limited resources. This webinar will be focused on, but not limited to, Public Housing Primary Care grantees and the use of mapping software as a tool to analyze and utilize data to better serve residents in and accessible to public housing.
ICD-10 Resources: Revenue Cycle Management and Tools You Can Use
Management of the revenue cycle in health centers is critical to the financial health of the entity. This webinar will review the revenue cycle with specific regard to the recently adopted ICD-10 diagnosis coding and resources available for health centers.
Key Performance Indicators and Operational Dashboards
A great dashboard is a report that modifies behaviors. Healthcare dashboards are critical for users (e.g., clinicians, CEOs, Health Center Boards, and quality improvement teams) who need quick and insightful answers to their questions in an easy-to-understand visual format. This webinar will discuss how operational dashboards can be used to track HRSA’s key performance indicators and analyze content in weekly/monthly operating reviews.
Oral Health Risk Assessment: Improving Oral Health in Underserved Populations
Oral Health risk assessment is based on the premise that persons are not equally likely to develop oral health problems. For example, underserved populations are at a higher risk of developing oral health diseases and need more preventive oral health care and treatment. Oral health risk assessment involves identifying patients’ risks or protective factors that may impact their oral health. This webinar will review key concepts concerning oral health and share tips and toll for implementing oral health risk assessment into your practice.
Remedies to Address Dental Provider Shortages
When it comes to improving the U.S. dental care delivery system, the issue that usually takes center stage is how to cover the nearly 127 million Americans who lack dental insurance. Moreover, the supply of dentist is not meeting the demand of care, and this shortage is expected to intensify over the next 10 years according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Bob Russell will share dental recruitment tips and recruitment tools to address dental provider shortages.
The Duties and Responsibilities of a Board Member
The Authority over Community Health Centers is provided by the Board of Directors. This webinar will review the Duties of Care and authorities that the Board of Directors must accomplish in order to be in compliance with the HRSA Program Requirements.
Trauma-Informed Care: ‘ACE’s Are Not Destiny’
Trauma-Informed Care: ‘ACE’s Are Not Destiny’ oriented the audience to the definition, prevalence and impact of trauma and provide an overview of Trauma-Informed Approaches and informed them how to apply these in their daily work. The goal of this webinar was for participants to gain increased awareness of the connection between trauma and mental health, addictions and physical health conditions and to teach some practical ways to promote healing and recovery.
Publications:
NCHPH 2016 Needs Assessment
Resident Demographics
Podcasts:
Patient Center Medical Home Interview with Dr. Manjula Cherukuri
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Dr. Cherukuri is Chief Medical Officer of Houston Area Community Services, Inc.